Siegfried Map
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The Siegfried Map is a detailed topographic map series of Switzerland that succeeded the earlier Dufour Map and provided more modern and precise cartographic coverage of the country.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Siegfried Map canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4309106 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siegfried Map Context triple: [Dufour Map, successor, Siegfried Map]
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A.
Ouvrage Michelsberg
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B.
Prince of Essling
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C.
Blautal
Blautal is a scenic valley in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, shaped by the river Blau and known for its karst landscapes and picturesque towns.
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D.
Rjukan
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E.
Stor Gendibal
Stor Gendibal is a brilliant and ambitious Second Foundation Speaker whose political and intellectual struggles drive much of the conflict in Isaac Asimov’s novel "Foundation's Edge."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Siegfried Map Target entity description: The Siegfried Map is a detailed topographic map series of Switzerland that succeeded the earlier Dufour Map and provided more modern and precise cartographic coverage of the country.
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A.
Ouvrage Michelsberg
Ouvrage Michelsberg is a major Maginot Line fortification in northeastern France, built to defend the Thionville sector with a network of underground galleries, combat blocks, and artillery positions.
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B.
Prince of Essling
Prince of Essling is a French noble title created by Napoleon I for Marshal André Masséna in recognition of his military achievements.
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C.
Blautal
Blautal is a scenic valley in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, shaped by the river Blau and known for its karst landscapes and picturesque towns.
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D.
Rjukan
Rjukan is a Norwegian industrial town in a deep valley in Telemark, known for its hydroelectric power heritage and World War II heavy water sabotage.
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E.
Stor Gendibal
Stor Gendibal is a brilliant and ambitious Second Foundation Speaker whose political and intellectual struggles drive much of the conflict in Isaac Asimov’s novel "Foundation's Edge."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
national map series
ⓘ
topographic map series ⓘ |
| archiveLocation |
Swiss Federal Archives
NERFINISHED
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Swiss Federal Office of Topography swisstopo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cartographicTheme |
hydrography
ⓘ
relief representation ⓘ settlements ⓘ topography ⓘ transportation network ⓘ |
| coordinateSystem | Swiss national triangulation network NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| covers | entire territory of Switzerland ⓘ |
| detailLevelComparedToPredecessor | greater topographic detail ⓘ |
| digitalAvailability | online scans provided by swisstopo ⓘ |
| endPublicationYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| follows | Dufour Map NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
French
ⓘ
German ⓘ Italian ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | important document of Swiss cartographic history ⓘ |
| mapFormat | sheet series ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hermann Siegfried NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
modern geodetic basis for Swiss mapping
ⓘ
standardized sheet layout ⓘ systematic nationwide coverage at large scale ⓘ |
| precisionComparedToPredecessor | higher positional accuracy ⓘ |
| predecessor | Dufour Map NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
administrative purposes
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civil engineering ⓘ military planning ⓘ scientific research ⓘ |
| printingTechnique | lithography ⓘ |
| producedBy | Swiss Federal Office of Topography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| projection | conformal cylindrical projection ⓘ |
| publisher |
Eidgenössische Landestopographie
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Federal Topographic Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaces | Dufour Map NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scale |
1:25,000
ⓘ
1:50,000 ⓘ |
| startPublicationYear | 1870 ⓘ |
| successor | National Map of Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDocumented |
early 20th century Switzerland
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late 19th century Switzerland ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
contour lines
ⓘ
hachures ⓘ triangulation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Siegfried Map Description of subject: The Siegfried Map is a detailed topographic map series of Switzerland that succeeded the earlier Dufour Map and provided more modern and precise cartographic coverage of the country.
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